Effectively Wild Episode 1918: Call Off the Search for the Secret Sauce

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley review the results of the 2022 minor league free agent draft, discuss Gold Glove finalists and a study about the lack of special ways to win in the postseason, recap the first few Championship Series games (and banter about José Alvarado and same-named athletes in multiple sports), and answer listener emails about the name of the Division Series, on-screen strike zone graphics, and spotting higher-seeded teams a game before the start of a postseason series, plus a Past Blast from 1918, concluding banter about Shohei Ohtani’ s comments about the Angels’ season and José Ramírez ’s post-postseason surgery, and a postscript. Audio intro : Nada Surf, “ What is Your Secret ” Audio outro : Andrew Weiss and Friends, “ Everybody Loves a Comeback ” Link to 2022 draft results Link to Raymond’s EW wiki post Link to Gold Glove finalists Link to FiveThirtyEight on Gold Gloves Link to 2021 story on Soto’s defense Link to Dan S.’s playoffs study Link to Russell’s playoffs study Link to Russell on playoff homer-hitting Link to Rosenthal on the playoff format Link to ZiPS playoff odds Link to study on playoff randomness Link to FG post on NLCS G1 Link to FG post on NLCS G2 Link to MLB.com on Snell Link to MLB.com on Padres’ rally Link to MLB.com on Alvarado Link to FG post on ALCS G1 Link to MLB.com on ALCS G1 Link to BP ALCS game preview Link to Reddit on the best-of-9 WS Link to ALCS G1 ump scorecard Link to Division Series wiki Link to BP K-Zone plea Link to FG post on KBO playoffs Link to EW emails database Link to 1918 story source Link to 1918 Ruth box score Link to MLB.com on Ruth’s lost homer Link to Reddit on Ruth’s homers Link to Jacob Pomrenke’s website Link to Jacob Pomrenke on Twitter Link to Ruth homers book Link to Ohtani Angels story Link to Ohtani WBC story Link to Ramírez surgery news Link to Japan athletes poll Link to U.S. athletes poll Link to Patreon/Discord instructions Sponsor Us on Patreon Subscribe to Stathead (Code: WILD20) Facebook Group Twitter Account EW Subreddit Effectively Wild Wiki iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!) Get Our Merch! Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source